U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Nominated by President Donald Trump
Confirmed 97–3 on November 27, 2017
- B.A., Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas 1988
- Diploma in Legal Studies, University of Oxford, University College 1989
- J.D., Yale Law School 1992
- Law clerk, Hon. Thomas F. Hogan, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 1992-1994
- Private practice, San Diego, California, 1994-1995
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of California, 1995-1998
- Border Crimes Section, 1995-1997
- Department of Justice Campaign Financing Task Force, 1997-1998
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Major Crimes and Fraud Sections, Eastern District of Virginia, 1998-2002
- Counsel to U.S. Sen. Orrin G. Hatch of Utah, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 2002-2003
- Associate counsel to President George W. Bush, 2003-2006
- Commissioner, U.S. Sentencing Commission, 2006-2017; staff member detailed to Federal Bureau of Prisons, 2017
Democrats who opposed her confirmation:
Gillibrand (D-NY), Sanders (I-VT), Warren (D-MA)